Review for Test

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Which major religion is the most dominant in the yellow region on the map?

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Christianity

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Which major religion is mostly practiced in the yellow region on the map?

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Islam

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The most rapidly growing immigrant component of the U.S. population in recent years has been: Asians, Hispanics, Africans, Canadians, Europeans

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Hispanics

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The Kurds are a group of over 20 million people dispersed throughout Syria, Iraq, Turkey, Iran, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. The Kurds are considered which of the following?

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a stateless nation

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Which of these statements explains why the United Kingdom is not considered a nation-state? The country once maintained a membership in the European Union., There are two distinct islands that make up Great Britain., There was a large-scale fragmentation of the British Empire in the 20th Century., There is not a widespread use of a common language, There are significant internal, cultural differences between England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland

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There are significant internal, cultural differences between England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.

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Which is true of landlocked states? Options: They are likely to be the wealthiest state in their region, Interior locations are easier to defend, They are at a commercial and strategic disadvantage, Relations with neighboring countries are not as important as for maritime countries, There are more landlocked states in the world than coastal states

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They are at a commercial and strategic disadvantage

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Great Britain’s political control of India for several hundred years was considered an example of: Transculturation, Reapportionment, Geopolitics, Imperialism, Colonialism

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Colonialism

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What event created the conditions for the earliest urban settlements?

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The Neolithic Revolution

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Which of the following is a defining feature of industrialization? The use of hand tools and manual labor, The growth of subsistence agriculture, The shift from rural to urban areas, The reliance on barter and trade, The absence of wage labor

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The shift from rural to urban areas

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The best title for this map would be -

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European Imperialism